kojiro hyuga

Hyuga's 
Profile 

Hyuuga is a powerful 
player that use power 
other than 
techniques. When he 
was at Mewah High 
school, he lost to 
Tsubasa, then he 
moved to Toho High 
School and after that, 
he drew with 
Tsubasa. Hyuga is a 
powerful forward and 
has a special shot 
called Tiger Shot. He 
got that shot after he 
trained extremey hard 
at Okinawa. Hyuga's 
Tiger Shot and 
Tsubasa's Drive Shot 
are equal at power. In 
the anime, Hyuga 
went to Italy and 
joined a club named 
Pie Monte after the 
junior youth 
tournament. At first 
Hyuga had some 
problem because 
after Hyuga's physics 
test, the result is 
Hyuga is a unbalanced 
player because his 
right muscle is to 
strong. Hyuga trained 
really hard in Pie 
Monte so he can have 
his balanced. After 
that he was called by 
Japan to play againts 
Brazil (Rivaul, 
Santanna and Ebin). 
He is the only 
character to have 
defeated Oozora 
Tsubasa in a match.

Taro Misaki

Taro Misaki

  

Taro Misaki

ProfileKanji 岬 太郎 Nationality Japanese Birthdate May 5 Position(s) Midfielder First appearance Captain Tsubasa manga chapter 4

Captain Tsubasa anime episode 4

CareerLevelTeamNumberNational Japan 11 Club Jubilo Iwata 38 Junior Nankatsu 11

Personal Information Edit

He came to Nankatsu Elementary School a few days after Tsubasa did, whom he becomes his best friend. Taro moves from one place to another, following his father who works as a traveling artist. Before he met Tsubasa at Nankatsu, he played with Hyuga, Takeshi and Ken at Meiwa and with Matsuyama at Furano, and knows several other football players. Taro is sweet, kind and loyal to his friends. He is also sensitive to everybody’s feelings; Taro is a tender-hearted boy who is always smiling. But don’t underestimate him because he is as skilful as Tsubasa. Taro is also one of the 7 members to be excluded from the Japanese National Team after they lost to R.J.7 in 3 group matches in the Captain Tsubasa J series. The Boomerang Shot and the Boomerang Pass was something Taro developed after he was excluded from the Japanese Team. He is known as the Field Artist, as he has several skillful and elegant techniques as a gameplayer, which are better seen in the Golden-23 manga, where he takes Tsubasa's place in the Asian preeliminaries to the U-22 Olympics.

• Special Techniques: Boomerang Shoot & Pass, Green Cut Pass, Roulette, and Golden Combi

• Date of birth: 5 May
• National team jersey number: #11
• Position: Mid-fielder
• Nickname: Field Artist

Teams Edit

• Furano
• Meiwa FC
• Nankatsu Elementary School FC
• Japan U-16 Team
• Nankatsu High School FC
• Japan U-19 Team (Youth)
• PSG (French League)
• Jubilo Iwata (J-League)
• Japan U-22 Team
• Japan National Football Team

Jun Misugi

Jun Misugi

  misugi jun

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I'm Jun Misugi

Nickname: Field no Kikoshi (Field Prince), Ace of Glass Jun Misugi is easily one of Japan’s best players. Unfortunately his failing heart condition forces him to play for only a short time almost every game. During Japan's match against Argentina, Japan's coach silently thought to himself that Jun would have been Japan's top player(even better than Tsubasa) if it wasn't for his current heart injury; indeed, Jun scored Japan's final goal in that match. He completely recovered in the World Youth Series though. Jun is strong-willed and dedicated besides being kind and clever. Jun can read the opposing team’s formation and tactics even when he is not playing on the field; not to mention his ability on how to control his opponent’s movements. Special Techniques: Drive shoot and Off-side strategy

Jun Misugi

ProfileNickname Prince of the field, Ace of Glass Nationality Japanese Birthdate May 11 Height177cm Weight 64kg Blood type 0 Position(s) Defender, midfielder, forward CareerLevelTeamNumberNational Japan 14 Club Musashi 14

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misugi jun

I'm Jun Misugi

Nickname: Field no Kikoshi (Field Prince), Ace of Glass Jun Misugi is easily one of Japan’s best players. Unfortunately his failing heart condition forces him to play for only a short time almost every game. During Japan's match against Argentina, Japan's coach silently thought to himself that Jun would have been Japan's top player(even better than Tsubasa) if it wasn't for his current heart injury; indeed, Jun scored Japan's final goal in that match. He completely recovered in the World Youth Series though. Jun is strong-willed and dedicated besides being kind and clever. Jun can read the opposing team’s formation and tactics even when he is not playing on the field; not to mention his ability on how to control his opponent’s movements. Special Techniques: Drive shoot and Off-side strategy

Jun Misugi

ProfileNickname Prince of the field, Ace of Glass Nationality Japanese Birthdate May 11 Height177cm Weight 64kg Blood type 0 Position(s) Defender, midfielder, forward CareerLevelTeamNumberNational Japan 14 Club Musashi 14

Hikaru Matsuyama

  

Hikaru Matsuyama

  

Hikaru Matsuyama(松山 光, Matsuyama Hikaru?) Edit

Personal Information Edit

Hikaru Matsuyama is one of the best defenders in the world. He can intercept many passes and shots from the opposing team. Matsuyama is selfless and he is a smart leader. But he can be very reserved sometimes. Matsuyama is well-known for his great ball control and accuracy. It was stated in an episode of Captain Tsubasa that he is considered to have the best footwork among the Japanese players. Any team would be very lucky to have him as a defender. His trademark shot called Eagle Shot or Arawashishot(Wild Eagle Shot), a powerful ground shot. In the Captain Tsubasa original series, it is said that Matsuyama's Arawashi Shot was inspired when he watched a group of girls playing volleyball with the Furano team manager and later his girlfriend, Yoshiko Fujisawa. However, in the Road to 2002 / Road to Dream series, the Arawashi Shot was something Matsuyama thought up himself to defeat Tsubasa and Nankatsu FC.

• Special Techniques: Eagle shoot, Eagle tackle, Avalanche strategy

• Date of birth: 21 June
• National team jersey number: #12
• Position: Sweeper (defending midfielder)
• Nickname: Wild Eagle

Teams Edit

• Furano elemetary school
• Furano senbatsu
• Japan Under 16 Team
• Japan Youth
• Consadole Sapporo(J-League)
• Manchester United( Premier League)
• Japan Under 22 Team
• Japan national football team

Ryo Ishizaki

Ryo Ishizaki

  

Ryo Ishizaki

Nationality

Japanese

Nickname

Monkey, Funky Gutsmen

Position

Defender

National Team Jersey No.

#4

Special Techniques

Face Block Defense

Date of Birth

1 eylül

First Appearance

Captain Tsubasa (Chapter 1)

Ishizaki Ryo is Tsubasa Ozora´s best friend since the story's very beginning. He lives in the city of Nankatsu, Shizuoka and is introduced as the captain of the until then very unsucessful Nankatsu elementary soccer team.

Personal Information Edit

Though Ishizaki's soccer techniques are far from Tsubasa's level, his strong will and relentless personality has won himself a position in the national team. A demonstration of this is shown during World Youth Cup Finals when Ishizaki was knocked out-cold by blocking an extremely powerful shot at point blank range with his speciality, the face block defense.

Teams Edit

• Nankatsu elementary school
• Nankatsu senbatsu team
• Nankatsu high-school team
• Japan Under 16 Team
• Japan Youth Team
• Jubilo (J-League)
• Japan Under 22 Team
• Japan national football team

Biodata Tsubasa Ozora

Tsubasa Ozora (大空 翼 Ōzora Tsubasa?) is the title character of the manga and anime series Captain Tsubasa, authored byYoichi Takahashi. His name literally translates to "Big Sky Wings". A prodigious soccer player, Tsubasa dreams of one day winning the FIFA World Cup for Japan. His position is midfielder, usually wearing jersey #10.

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StoryEdit

Tsubasa at a very young age, before he was able to walk upright.

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Tsubasa Ozora is known as the Soccer no Moshigo which translates as "heaven-sent child of soccer". At the beginning of the series, Tsubasa, a lonely but not embittered boy obsessed with soccer, is an elementary school student who has just moved to the city of Nankatsu with his mother. As revealed by his mother, Tsubasa was saved by his football in a truck accident when he was barely able to walk, , Tsubasa had held the football in front of him which served as a cushion for most of the impact. The force of the bump blew him away, but he was able to right himself over again with the ball. Hence, Tsubasa Ozora's motto of "The ball is my friend". Because his former school did not have a football team, the Ozora family thus decided to move to Nankatsu, in order for Tsubasa to join Shutetsu elementaty school, which was the national soccer champion.

Immediately upon arrival, he sets out to explore the new city, and arrives at the local soccer field where the players of Nankatsu elementary school, led by Ryo Ishizaki, quarrel with those of Shutetsu elementary school over who gets to use the field. Wakabayashi states that because Shuutetsu crushed Nankatsu last time they met, victory had given them the right to use the field. Knowing that help was needed, Ishizaki went so far as to bringing even the middleschool varsity teams to aid him. Wakabayashi, fed up with the verbal exchange of words, issues a challenge. Each captain from a different sport would have a chance at scoring from outside the penalty area. All they needed was one goal and Wakabayashi and his team would leave the field. (In the anime, Wakabayashi challenged the Nankatsu team to score a goal in a game against his team. The goal was scored by Tsubasa, who had recently joined the Nankatsu team and, because his teammates still didn't know how good he is, was only allowed in because one of their regular players was still recovering from a leg injury) The rugby captain starts first. He shoots and Wakabayashi reacts accordingly. The rugby ball, having an irregular shape bounces differently and Wakabayashi's hands miss. Wakabayashi however uses his foot to kick it away. Next was the captain of handball. He hurls the ball and Wakabayashi catches it this time with both hands. The last captain was the one of the baseball club. He fires the fast straight ball, and Wakabayashi easily catches it. Disgraced at being beaten, the captains of the teams tells Ishizaki to just give up on the football field. Impressed with Shutetsu's genius goalkeeper Genzo Wakabayashi, Tsubasa resolves to challenge him to a duel.

Tsubasa approaches Ishizaki and asks him where did Wakabayashi go. Ishizaki says he probably went home. Tsubasa asks where his house is, because he wants a duel with Wakabayashi. Ishizaki is shocked but leads Tsubasa anyway to a hill where he points the mansion where Wakabayashi lives. Ishizaki goes on explaining about how Wakabayashi is so good nobody scored a single goal against him during the last national championship, only to find out Tsubasa wasn't listening to a single word he is saying as he is busy writing something on his soccer ball. Tsubasa then goes back a little then rushes and kicks the ball towards the direction of the mansion. The ball soars high and promptly lands into the hands of Wakabayashi, who is currently in the middle of a practice session with his personal coach/trainer Mikami Tatsuo. Wakabayashi reads the challenge, a duel at the football field in town. At the same time, a mysterious man trespasses into the mansion's grounds. The man confirms to Wakabayashi that he followed the ball which was kicked from the hill far-away. Wakabayashi concludes that his challenger is a kid like himself, based on the ugly handwriting on the ball, much to the shock of Mikami and the mysterious man. The three of them then head-out to the football field, Wakabayashi trying to picture out what this Tsubasa Ozora looks like while Mikami suspiciously observes their drunk companion, wondering where he had seen this man before. As they round the corner, they see Ishizaki and Tsubasa on the other side of the street. Ishizaki shouts out to Wakabayashi, pointing at Tsubasa that this is his challenger. Wakabayashi cannot believe this small child was the one responsible for the powerful shoot a while ago. So he kicks the ball towards Tsubasa. Ishizaki tells Tsubasa to dodge, however Tsubasa easily kicks the ball straight upward. As the ball starts to fall and Tsubasa prepares to kick return the ball, a bus passes by. Ishizaki tells Tsubasa to stop or he would hit the bus. Tsubasa proceeds with his shoot, making the ball go under the bus, right into Wakabayashi's arms.

This is the beginning of a lifetime friendship and rivalry between the two of them.

Vector artwork of Tsubasa.

Added by Zakumi2010

The duel is observed by Roberto Hongo, a former member of the Brazil national football team and a friend of Tsubasa's father, who becomes his mentor. Joining Nankatsu school's soccer team, Tsubasa meets Taro Misaki with whom he forms such a perfect combination that the two of them come to be called "The Golden Duo", and chief supporter Sanae Nakasawa who soon develops a crush on him.

Chosen for the city's team in the national championship, Tsubasa and his friends face strong rivals such as Kojiro Hyuga, who will remain one of Tsubasa's strongest rivals in Japan, Ken Wakashimazu, Jun Misugi and Hikaru Matsuyama. Nankatsu triumphs in this championship and the three following in middle school. Tsubasa and many of his friends and rivals are also part of the team that wins the U-16 World Championships for Japan before Tsubasa, following his dream to become a pro in Brazil, leaves Japan, but he keeps coming back for the National team. He plays for Japan National team in World Youth Championship, which he and wins. He marries Sanae Nakazawa and moves to Barcelona with her when he joins FC Barcelona (FC Catalunya in the anime).

Tsubasa and Sanae's wedding party

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Tsubasa kissed Sanae

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FamilyEdit

Tsubasa's father, Koudai Ozora, works as a marine captain and is at sea most of the time, so he was brought up by his mother, Natsuko. However, he has a much younger brother, Daichi (who was seemingly born after he left Japan). This also explains his strong attachment to Roberto Hongo, whom he sees as an idol and most likely as a sort-of secondary father figure.

After the WYC, Tsubasa later marries his long time girlfriend and Nankatsu's team manager, Sanae Nakazawa, who is currently pregnant.

In the Millennium Dream (a special concerning the Olympic Games which is supposedly something Sanae dreamt), the Ozora-Nakasawa couple have two boys: Hayate and Daibu.

TechniquesEdit

Overhead Kick - The first technique Tsubasa ever learned from Roberto Hongo. The shots main advantage is the speed and angle gained from his position.Off The Bar Overhead Kick - The original shot Roberto showed Tsubasa was a shot off the top nar of the goal that you'd hit back into the net as a follow up. Though this shot isn't used as much as the other Overhead variations Tsubasa had, its usually used as a sign of respect from Tsubasa to Roberto during matches.Rolling Overhead Kick - An adaption of the regular Overhead where Tsubasa spin as he is jumping towards the ball. Tsubasa saw brazilian player Santana use this technique against him in before the World Youth, He begins to adapt it into his play more-so then his other copied techniques.Soccer Prodigy - Tsubasa's ability to copy and adapt any techniques he sees his opponents do into his soccer. Though not named directly, whenever he does this his prodigy is remarked on by the spectators.Drive Shot - Tsubasa's signiture shot. Insted of the classic sideways spin put on a curving shot like Misaki's boomerang shot, the drive shot uses a forward spin to propel the ball downward at the net. Because of the shot's nature , it works best as a long shot since Tsubasa can shoot the ball over his opponents head while the shot retains the power and directional correction needed to go in the goal.Flying Drive Shot - A drive shot with an off center spin on the shot. The different spin causes the the ball to fall not in a straight line like the drive shot, but at a diagonal, making the ball harder to catch.Sky Dive Shot - After Misaki's Injury before the World Youth finals, Tsubasa realized that in order to replace his eternal friend and partner, he need a 100% sure fire shot that would always go in the goal. His answer was the Sky Dive Shot. The shot is a full power charge in which Tsubasa runs into the goal with the ball. Roberto calls this Technique a failure since its a solo play made only by Tsubasa. This weakness was overcome in the match against Brazil when the entire team dove with Tsubasa to force the goalie back and score.Sky Wing Shot - Originally a technique created by Roberto, it was the final shot Roberto taught Tsubasa before the world youth. The shot is the same as that of Hyuga Kojiro's Raiju shot in that it spins up after being shot (The opposite of the drive shot). The irony of the technique's name is that when Roberto named the shot while he was still a pro, he christened it the Ozora no Tsubasa, holding the name of Tsubasa himself in it.

TeamsEdit

• Nankatsu Elementary School
• Nankatsu Senbatsu Team
• São Paulo FC (FC Branco)
• FC Barcelona (FC Catalunia)
• Japan National Team

higurashi no naku koro ni

List of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni characters

This is a list of characters from the sound novel, manga, light novel, film, and anime series Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. There are six main characters who appear in almost every scenario. The main protagonist is Keiichi Maebara, a young boy who has recently moved to Hinamizawa with his family, and begun to adapt to life in the countryside. Keiichi has a natural charisma which allows him to make friends easily. One of his good friends is a girl his age named Rena Ryugu. She, like him, is new in Hinamizawa, having only lived there for a year before the story begins. Before she met Keiichi, Rena became friends with a girl one year older named Mion Sonozaki, who is looked at as the leader of the group and is the president of their club. Mion has a twin sister, Shion, who lives in the nearby town of Okinomiya. Although their personalities are quite different, she and Mion have switched places in the past; the change is nearly indistinguishable. Another one of Keiichi's friends is Satoko Houjou, a clever girl who is quite skilled at setting traps when playing games with her friends. She usually has an energetic and mischievous personality, but this hides a past full of trauma. Satoko also had an older brother named Satoshi. Satoko's friend, Rika Furude, is revered by the villagers as the heir of the local shrine and plays the role of a miko, or shrine maiden, in the annual Watanagashi Festival. Despite her young age, she sometimes expresses a type of wisdom which would normally be beyond her years, and is quite fond of sake.

Of the remaining cast, there are those such as Kuraudo Ooishi, a veteran police officer who is dead set on solving the mystery of the yearly murders that occur in Hinamizawa before his retirement. A freelance photographer, named Jiro Tomitake, comes to Hinamizawa occasionally; he seems to be friends with Miyo Takano, a female nurse at the local village clinic who has a keen interest in Hinamizawa's past and culture. She works with Kyosuke Irie, the head doctor of the clinic who has a maid fetish.

There are additional characters not seen in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni proper, who appear in the side-story manga adaptations. In Onisarashi-hen, the main character is a young girl with a bright personality named Natsumi Kimiyoshi, who has just moved away from Okinomiya. In Yoigoshi-hen, the main character is a young man named Akira Otobe, who was found wandering in the forest around the deserted Hinamizawa many years later.

Main

Keiichi Maebara (前原 圭一 Maebara Keiichi)

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai main characters as seen in the anime adaptation (from left to right):
Top row: Mion, Shion, Keiichi, and Rena;
Bottom row: Satoko, Hanyū, and Rika.

Voiced by: Sōichirō Hoshi (Japanese), Grant George (English), Gōki Maeda (live action)

Keiichi is the main protagonist in the first three "question" arcs. The son of a famous artist, his family recently moved to Hinamizawa after an unfortunate event involving him in their hometown in which he accidentally shot a young girl in the eye with a toy gun while she was walking home from school. His charisma and remarkable talent for rhetoric, which earns him the nickname "Magician of Words," allow him to easily make new friends and become popular in the village, not to mention win some of the club activities. Early in the story, in the Onikakushi-hen arc, he is affected by paranoia and driven to commit murder; however, the inner strength and unshaken belief in his friends he acquires in the other arcs are one of the keys to solving the mystery. Eventually, he is even able to recall some of the events of the past repetitions. When he is in need of a weapon, he wields Satoshi's old baseball bat. It is later revealed in the story that before arriving at Hinamizawa, he grew weary of school and was the perpetrator of a series of crimes involving shooting children with a BB gun.

Rena Ryugu (竜宮 レナ Ryūgū Rena)^[1]

Voiced by: Mai Nakahara (Japanese), Mela Lee (English), Airi Matsuyama (live action)

Rena is a girl in the same grade level as Keiichi, and the main female protagonist of the question arcs. She is very kind and takes care of Keiichi whenever possible, but is also naïve and is usually subject to light teasing by Keiichi. She is distinguished by her obsession with things she perceives as adorable, calling them kāii (かぁいい, a slurred form of kawaii (かわいい), meaning "cute"), which are usually moekko characters or items she finds while scouring the local dump. Whenever she sees something that grabs her attention, she proclaims "I wanna take it home!" (お持ち帰り〜 Omochikaerī) and proceeds to try and do so, becoming virtually unstoppable during these intervals. She also utters the phrase haū (はぅ〜) when excited or flustered, and has a habit of repeating phrases at the ends of her sentences, most famously kana? kana? (かな? かな?, lit. "I wonder, I wonder?").

Rena's real name is Reina (礼奈), a name she used normally before she moved from Hinamizawa to Ibaraki with her parents one year prior to the events of the story. There she discovered her mother having an affair, causing Reina to smash all the windows in her new school and assault three male students with a metal bat under the influence of the Hinamizawa syndrome. Believing herself to be cursed by Oyashiro for leaving Hinamizawa, Reina returned to the village with her father shortly after the incident and changed her name to "Rena" out of shame of her parents' subsequent divorce. So as not to alarm Keiichi, Rena claims to be a relative newcomer to Hinamizawa herself. Because of the incident, Rena is sensitive about the topic of Oyashiro, believing strongly in the existence of the deity and the curse, and becoming angry and unstable whenever anyone questions it. Her weapon of choice is a large billhook borrowed from her tool shed (the dump in the anime).

Mion Sonozaki (園崎 魅音 Sonozaki Mion)

Voiced by: Satsuki Yukino (Japanese), Kelli Kassidi (English), Rin Asuka (live action)

Mion is the oldest kid in Keiichi's class. As the elder, she is the class president and everyone looks up to her as the leader. Her social skills are on par with Keiichi, whom she highly respects as a friend and rival (though it is later shown that she has a crush on him). She acts like a tomboy, and calls herself oji-san (meaning old man), but has a hidden girlish side. She is next in line to be the head of the Sonozaki household, one of the Three Families which holds tremendous influence in Hinamizawa. She is often seen with a holstered airsoft gun, even though she is never seen using it, and was removed in the PS2 adaption of the game; she is, however, very adept in the use of martial arts. She is notable as the only character that has never been driven to the extreme paranoia that causes the others to kill in the question arcs and the first two answer arcs. Her real name is actually Shion, as she was born second to the family, but due to sister swapping even at a young age, she was mistakenly taken as Mion and branded with the oni tattoo, ultimately causing her to stay as Mion. Mion also serves as leader of the after-school club consisting entirely of the main characters. She organizes a variety of strategy-based games for the members to play with penalties for any losers. Penalties usually involve wearing embarrassing or frilly outfits on the way home. Each game she organizes involves bending the general rules or using questionable and crude methods to win such as playing cards with a marked deck or using feminine wiles to discourage opposition.

Shion Sonozaki (園崎 詩音 Sonozaki Shion)

Voiced by: Satsuki Yukino (Japanese), Kelli Kassidi (English), Ai Maeda (live action)^{[citation needed]}

Shion is Mion's identical twin sister, who currently resides in Okinomiya. In spite of their externally different personalities, she and Mion often switch places, and it can be difficult to distinguish between them. It is noted by Rena that, although externally the twins are very different, on the inside, they are really the same. Their first switch took place when they were little. Right before tattooing the symbol of an oni, which is reserved for the older sister, she was mistakenly identified as Shion, the younger sister, which means that she was actually born as Mion Sonozaki, the older sister. Since then, she switched her identity of Mion with Shion, the younger sister. This initial switch is only mentioned in the sound novel and manga, but not the anime. She was sent by the Sonozaki family to a private boarding school, but escaped and returned to live near her hometown, where she lives with Kasai. In spite of all this, she and Mion maintain a close relationship. In most of the arcs, she is at a different school from the other main characters, and therefore appears less frequently. She was in love with Satoshi, and blames the Three Families of Hinamizawa for his disappearance in Watanagashi-hen and Meakashi-hen (the latter told from her point of view); this, along with a different demonic sadistic personality she manifested in her grief, drove her to mass murder, which led her previously latent paranoid schizophrenia to eventually develop into a full-on psychosis. One of the last words that they exchanged before he disappeared was a promise to take care of Satoko. In Watanagashi-hen and, more explicitly, Meakashi-hen, her resentment toward Satoko for her role in his disappearance causes her to forget this promise and murder her, only to remember too late; however, in subsequent arcs, she has taken the promise to heart to the point were she is willing to give up her life for Satoko. In Meakashi-hen, she is shown to be delusional to a point beyond the other characters (with the arguable exception of Rena), as she repeatedly deludes, among other things, that she sees Satoshi after his disappearance. She works as a waitress at the Angel-Mort restaurant and is the manager's assistant for the Hinamizawa Fighters little league team. She is often seen carrying a taser, and also wears a yellow ribbon in her hair. She is also shown to be good with guns, along with Kasai, in Matsuribayashi-hen.

Satoko Houjou (北条 沙都子 Hōjō Satoko)^[1]

Voiced by: Mika Kanai (Japanese), Minx Lee (English), Erena Ono (live action)

Satoko is a younger classmate in Keiichi's school. She has a distinctive style of speech, ending all of her sentences with ~wa, and is known for her boastful laugh. In spite of her young age, she seems to have an impressive arm strength and is quite clever in setting up traps, and likes to practice on Keiichi. Although her personality is quite energetic and mischievous during the events of the games, Satoko's past was full of trauma; her parents died in an accident, she was abused by her foster parents (her aunt and uncle), and her beloved brother Satoshi disappeared. However, in Matsuribayashi-hen, Irie suggested she killed her parents, as she had a bad relationship with them and felt threatened, and so to her it was an act of self-defense. She was suffering from the Hinamizawa Syndrome at that time, and though Takano wanted to dissect her alive for study, Irie fought to save her life. She is one of the few characters to ever recover from Level 5 of the Syndrome, but has to take shots on a regular basis. Though she greatly misses Satoshi, and feels that by being strong he will return, she comes to regard Keiichi as her new "nii-nii" (にーにー, a cute term for "older brother"), and once even regards Shion as "nee-nee" (ねーねー, a cute term for "older sister"). She dislikes kabocha, and confuses cauliflower with broccoli.

Rika Furude (古手 梨花 Furude Rika)

Voiced by: Yukari Tamura (Japanese), Reba West (English), Aika (live action)

Rika is the main character in Minagoroshi-hen. She is a younger classmate in Keiichi's school, and is in the same grade level as Satoko. Naturally, she is great friends with her, as they live together in the same house. She is revered by the villagers as the heir of the local shrine, and plays the role of a miko in the annual Watanagashi Festival. She has been the head of the Furude house since her parents died, but rarely attends town meetings due to her young age. While she does speak in normal context, she likes to say nonsense words such as mii (みぃ〜) and nipah (にぱ〜) and often ends her sentences with nano desu (〜なのです, lit. "it is so"), which inflame Rena's passion for cute things. She also likes to describe events using sound effects, such as "The cat was going 'nya nya' and 'scritch scritch'" or saying "Clap! Clap! Clap!" when clapping her hands. In reality, she is being reborn in a 'new world' at some random time before or during June 1983, and in most of the worlds she is the only one to remember the previous lives. She believes she has lived over 100 years by the time of Tsumihoroboshi-hen, but continues to act like a child in order not to alarm her friends. Prior to Matsuribayashi-hen, she is the only one able to see Hanyū, who has been an "imaginary friend" to her all her life. Despite her young appearance, she seems to be quite fond of wine, as well as kimchi, which she uses to silence Hanyū when Rika is in a bad mood; this works because both Hanyū and Rika's senses are linked together, though this seems to be redundant by Matsuribayashi-hen, possibly because of Hanyū's coming into the world. The wine she drinks is hinted to be Bernkastel vintage.

Hanyū (羽入 Hanyū)

Voiced by: Yui Horie

Hanyū is the mysterious "transfer student" in Matsuribayashi-hen. She has a pair of dark colored horns on her head, one of which is chipped slightly. In the original sound novels, they are mentioned by Keiichi, who mistook them for toys, but after noticing that Hanyū was sensitive about them, he apologizes and the club members assure her there is nothing wrong with them. However in the anime, no one seems to notice or mention them, with the exception of Takano, who calls her a "monster". She has appeared to Rika all her life, but only in Matsuribayashi-hen and Miotsukushi-hen did she gain the power to interact with others, posing as a distant relative of Rika's and given the name "Hanyū Furude." Like many of the characters, she can be frightening when angered, and with her spirit-like nature, her appearance can change with her mood until she takes a physical form. She is the one responsible for the eternally repeating June 1983, which she created in order to save Rika from being murdered. She is also responsible for the "footstep you hear after you stop walking," "feeling of being watched as you sleep," and hearing "I'm sorry" when no one is around or says it, which causes the characters to have severe paranoia. She follows around the characters, repeatedly apologizing for not being able to change their fate. She is very meek and often makes the noise "Au au, au au…" when she is nervous or uncomfortable, or sometimes while trying to make a point. She tends to end her sentences with nano desu (なのです, lit. "it is so"). She dislikes alcohol and kimchi, which Rika imbibes in large amounts as punishment when she finds Hanyū annoying (as Hanyū and Rika's senses are linked together until Hanyū takes physical form). She mentions that she is a "being above humans" after being sacrificed to atone for the sin of humans, while both Rika and Takano describe her as a kind of deity. Rika refers to her as "Oyashiro" when talking with others (evident from Shion's chat with Rika in Meakashi-hen) but does not personally think of her as Oyashiro; instead, she sees her as a close friend. In Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei, Hanyū tells Rika that she was sacrificed to atone for the sins of the people of the village, and Hanyū asked Ōka Furude (古手 桜花 Furude Ōka) (Hanyū's own daughter and Rika's ancestor, who appears physically almost identical to Rika) to kill her and then make the village a better place. In the DS-exclusive arc, Kotohogushi-hen, it was revealed that Hanyū's real name was Hainiryuun Ieasomuuru Jieda, and that she had a child, Ōka, with the Shinto Priest Riku Furude.

Secondary

Satoshi Houjou (北条 悟史 Hōjō Satoshi)^[1]

Voiced by: Mitsuki Saiga (drama CD), Yū Kobayashi (anime/Japanese), Darrel Guilbeau (English)

Satoshi is the older brother of Satoko Houjou. Although he is currently missing, his past influence is the key to the actions of several characters in Higurashi. Keiichi is often compared to Satoshi by other characters, as the two have certain physical similarities, and, in some arcs, display the same odd behavior and paranoia. Like Satoko, he cannot distinguish the difference between cauliflower and broccoli. Satoshi is referred to by Satoko as nii-nii, a childish form of the Japanese word ani (兄, meaning older brother). According to the TIPS in Meakashi-hen, he was last seen at a Nagoya train station boarding a Shinkansen bound for Tokyo. This was revealed prior to the start of Matsuribayashi-hen to be a result of him trying to run away from home due to his abuse, only to change his mind a few moments later. While it is suggested that he may have witnessed his aunt's death in the games, in the anime, Satoshi is implied to have killed her or was so disturbed that he believed he did. Combined with the stress of taking care of Satoko and the murder, he succumbs to Hinamizawa Syndrome. InMatsuribayashi-hen and Miotsukushi-hen, it is revealed that Doctor Irie put him under heavy sedation in the underground parts of the clinic.

Oyashiro (オヤシロ)

Always referred to as Oyashiro-sama, he is a deity observed in Hinamizawa and seems to be rather violent and brutal; his sacred shrine is full of ancient torture equipment. Legend says that Oyashiro brought peace between the villagers of Onigafuchi (Lit. Demon's abyss), the former name of Hinamizawa, and the demons that spouted from the Onigafuchi Marsh. The actual existence of Oyashiro is something of debate, some can see Oyashiro as the simple "perception" of a god. However, those who experience extreme paranoia (Keiichi, Shion, and Rena in perspective chapters) refer to Oyashiro as the "footsteps you hear when you stop walking" and felt like you were always "being watched". Oyashiro is revealed to be Hanyū, since some of the characters can hear (but not see) her (until Matsuribayashi-hen).

Kuraudo Ooishi (大石 蔵人 Ōishi Kuraudo)^[1]

Voiced by: Chafurin (Japanese), Joe DiMucci (English), Tetta Sugimoto (live action)

Kuraudo Ooishi is a veteran police investigator at Okinomiya who has vowed to solve the mystery of the Hinamizawa murders before his retirement, to avenge one of the victims he was friends with. Due to his uncouth tactics and the lengths that he goes to in order to solve the mystery, he is looked upon as a nuisance by the villagers, especially the Sonozaki family. He approaches one of the main characters to become his informant in several arcs, and is sometimes unwittingly responsible for triggering their paranoia. However, he plays an integral role in aiding the protagonists during the last two answer arcs, Matsuribayashi-hen and Minagoroshi-hen.

Jirou Tomitake (富竹 ジロウ Tomitake Jirō)^[1]

Voiced by: Tōru Ōkawa (Japanese), Kyle Hebert (English), Masashi Taniguchi (live action)

Jirou Tomitake is a freelance photographer who occasionally visits Hinamizawa (Around three times every year). He gets along well with Miyo Takano, because of their similar interests in photography. Despite being only an occasional visitor, he seems to know a fair amount about Hinamizawa's past (Specifically the Hinamizawa murders). Ooishi and the police are suspicious of his true identity. In the first six arcs, he is consistently found dead of suicide (clawing his throat out) on the night of Watanagashi, triggering many of the events that follow. It is revealed later, however, that he was actually murdered by Miyo, who gives him an injection of the H173 drug, produced in the process of developing a cure for the Hinamizawa Syndrome, but has the exact opposite effect (incurring the symptoms of the disease instead). Jirou is revealed in Minagoroshi-hen to be an officer working on the Hinamizawa Syndrome, together with Miyo Takano and Kyosuke Irie, and is but merely posing as a photographer.

Miyo Takano (鷹野 三四 Takano Miyo)

Voiced by: Miki Itō (Japanese), Karen Strassman (English), Fuyuka Ōura (Child), Ayako Kawahara (live action)

Miyo is a nurse at the village clinic who has a keen interest in Hinamizawa's past and culture, recording all her speculation in notebooks. At times, her storytelling can be very mysterious and chilling—she seems to enjoy putting people on edge. In the first six arcs, she consistently disappears on the night of Watanagashi, and an incinerated body thought to be hers is found in the mountains (and the autopsy report states that she actually died the day before the festival). Miyo is the person who kills Rika, leaving her body and scattered organs out for the crows to eat. It is shown that following the death of her parents when she was a child, she was sent to an orphanage, where she and other children were regularly abused. Eventually, she calls Hifumi Takano's (her father's former professor) number for help and is saved by him after she and her friends attempt to escape. In the manga, they further detail what happens to her and her friends when they try to run away. She calls Hifumi, but is caught and then is forced to watch her friends undergo strange types of torture. They try to torture her as well, but Hifumi saves her. Her original name is Miyoko Tanashi (田無 美代子 Tanashi Miyoko), but she changed it when she was adopted by Hifumi Takano. Hifumi was the one who started Miyo on the path of medicine with his study of the Hinamizawa Syndrome.

Kyousuke Irie (入江 京介 Irie Kyōsuke)^[1]

Voiced by: Toshihiko Seki (Japanese), Dave Mallow (English), Kōtarō Tanaka (live action)

Kyosuke is the head doctor of the village clinic. Despite his young age and the fact that he has a severe maid fetish, he is highly respected in the community. He cheerfully makes house calls and seems to truly care about everyone's health. He has (half-jokingly) admitted that he wishes to marry Satoko when she is older, but is not above chasing after Rika when she is wearing one of the uniforms from the restaurant Angel Mort. In addition, he is the manager of the village's baseball little league team, the Hinamizawa Fighters. In the past, he has performed lobotomies without consent, which led to him being banished from the medical academic society in Tokyo. He is recruited by Takano to direct research the Hinamizawa Syndrome, which he feels will redeem himself. It is later revealed that he works under Miyo in research, where he is trying to find a cure for Hinamizawa Syndrome, while not knowing of his employer's true desires.

Rumiko Chie (知恵 留美子 Chie Rumiko)

Voiced by: Fumiko Orikasa (Japanese), Sam Carr (English), Hitomi Miwa (live action)

Rumiko is the female teacher of Keiichi's class, who is a parody character of Tsukihime's Ciel (permission for her usage was given by Type-Moon). The voice actress for her character in the anime series is the same as the seiyū of Ciel from the Tsukihime anime. Going along with the parody, her favorite food is curry rice, just like Ciel, and she will react violently when anyone insults it. Also, in the comedic chapter Batsukoishi-hen, she is shown wielding six small wooden boards in the same fashion that Ciel wields her "Black Keys" swords.

Mamoru Akasaka (赤坂 衛 Akasaka Mamoru)

Voiced by: Daisuke Ono (Japanese), Patrick Seitz (English), Takehito Koyasu (drama CD)

Mamoru is the main character in Himatsubushi-hen. He is a young police investigator at the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo. He befriended Rika while investigating a case in Hinamizawa four years ago, all due to a prophecy about his wife which came true, though he just brushed it off as coincidence. In an untold world, Mamoru regrets being unable to save his wife and Rika, and learns martial arts to clear his mind, hoping to relive the time before Himatsubushi-hen to save them. Through a miracle, Mamoru inherits his martial art skills in Matsuribayashi-hen, using them to single-handedly defeat a Yamainu squad, and decides to save Rika from her destined death as a payment for saving his wife through her prophecy.

Tatsuyoshi Kasai (葛西 辰由 Kasai Tatsuyoshi)

Voiced by: Fumihiko Tachiki (Japanese), Steve Kramer (English)

Tatsuyoshi is an employee of the Sonozaki family, who looks like a secret agent. He was more active in the past, but has settled down to become Shion's caretaker. He somehow knows both Teppei and Rina, and is aware of their lifestyles and badgering tactics. In Matsuribayashi-hen, he displays extreme strength and combat experience while raiding the Irie Clinic, frequently subduing members of the Yamainu.

Teppei Houjou (北条 鉄平 Hōjō Teppei)^[1]

Voiced by: Katsuhisa Hōki (Japanese), Steve Kramer (English), Hiroo Ōtaka (live-action)

Teppei is Satoko and Satoshi's uncle/foster father. He and his wife were forced to take care of Satoko and Satoshi after the death of their parents, but they abused them. He currently lives in Okinomiya. According to Kasai, he is a pimp and uses his lover Rina to swindle men out of their money. He is killed by Keiichi in Tatarigoroshi-hen to protect Satoko, and by Rena in Tsumihoroboshi-hen when he tries to blackmail her father. Shion contemplates killing him in Minagoroshi-hen to protect Satoko, but Keiichi stops her before she can make the same mistake.

Tamae Houjou (北条 玉枝 Hōjō Tamae)^[1]

Voiced by: Kujira (Japanese), Lori Petty (English)

Satoko and Satoshi's aunt/foster mother. She was beaten to death on the night of last year's Watanagashi Festival, causing Teppei to flee Hinamizawa. A drug addict was charged with her murder, but various characters suspect that Satoshi was the true murderer, which he either was, or deluded himself to think he was.

Oryō Sonozaki (園崎 お魎 Sonozaki Oryō)

Voiced by: Shizuka Okohira (Japanese), Barbara Goodson (English)

Oryō is Mion and Shion's grandmother and head of the Sonozaki household. She appears to be a very harsh old woman and is considered the most powerful person in Hinamizawa. Both Mion and Shion call her 'Oni-baba', meaning 'demon granny'. She had the twins separated when they were young, in order to try to avoid the curse of twin heirs, also treating Shion badly whenever they meet. Shion suspects that she was the mastermind in Satoshi's disappearance, and accidentally kills her while attempting to interrogate her in Watanagashi-hen and Meakashi-hen. Although she appears to be somewhat of a tyrant, she occasionally shows her softer side such as agreeing to help Satoko when Keiichi stood up to her and is only harsh to keep appearances. She respects him after this and later described him as an interesting young man in Minagoroshi-hen (but warns him that he will be chased around with a sword if he shows up again).

Kiichirou Kimiyoshi (公由 喜一郎 Kimiyoshi Kiichirō)^[1]

Voiced by: Masaaki Tsukada (Japanese), Kyle Hebert (English)

Head of one of the Three Families, and the official village chief of Hinamizawa. He seems to be a kindly old man, but is vehement in his hatred for Hinamizawa's enemies. As this includes Satoshi and the rest of the Houjou family, he is killed by Shion in Watanagashi-hen and Meakashi-hen.

Rina Mamiya (間宮 リナ Mamiya Rina)

Voiced by: Misa Watanabe (Japanese), Jean Smart (English), Kyōko Hikami (drama CD), Aya Sugimoto (live action)^{[citation needed]}

Rina is a woman who appears in Rena's life in the story Tsumihoroboshi-hen. She is the lover of Teppei Houjou, and together they swindle men out of their money through intimidation and blackmail schemes. Her real name is Ritsuko, but she uses Rina as a fake name. Rena kills her to protect her father. She is killed in Tatarigoroshi-hen, when her body was found in a bag in a stormdrain after having been tortured to death by an unknown assailant, in Minagoroshi-hen, when she is murdered by members of the yakuza when she tries to flee Okinomiya, and in Miotsukushi-hen, where she is killed by Takano. Her death often triggers Teppei's return to Hinamizawa.

Akane Sonozaki (園崎 茜 Sonozaki Akane)

Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue

Akane is the mother of Mion and Shion Sonozaki and is the daughter of Oryō Sonozaki, the leader of the Sonozaki household. She attends the council meetings with Oryō and obeys her commands despite the fact that she lost the inheritance of the Sonozaki estate for marrying an outsider.

Okonogi

Voiced by: Jurota Kosugi (anime), Ken Narita (games)

Okonogi is the leader of an organization called the Yamainu. The Yamainu are a group of what are essentially mercenaries, working for the group "Tokyo". They work for Miyo Takano to help her carry out her plan to destroy Hinamizawa, but betray her in the end when things go wrong.

Nomura

Voiced by: Rie Tanaka

Nomura is a mysterious woman who represents "Tokyo"; an organization plotting the whole murder and massacre of Hinamizawa. "Tokyo" members consist of very powerful figures such as governmental and political people. Within this organization, there are three main members who investigate directly in Hinamizawa: Kyousuke Irie, Miyo Takano, and Jirou Tomitake. "Tokyo" has control over a large group of soldiers, known as the Yamainu, whom they lend to Takano.

Frederica Bernkastel

Voiced by: Yukari Tamura

Frederica is an omni-present being surrounding the Higurashi universe. Frederica is the writer of the poem about Rika's struggle to escape the fate of June 1983, giving hints about each arc. She likes playing with time and events, as seen in puzzle piece #52 and the end of the second season of the anime, entering an alternate world and stopping Miyoko's parents from dying. Although she claims that she is not Rika, it's implied that she is the collective mentality of the several thousand reincarnations of Rika. The pronunciation of "Frederica" roughly resembles Rika's name in eastern order, and Bernkastel is well known for its wine. She is hinted to be one of the characters in Umineko no Naku Koro ni.

Yukie Akasaka (赤坂 雪絵 Akasaka Yukie)

Voiced by: Risa Mizuno, Rie Kanda (drama CD)

Yukie is Mamoru's wife, and is only seen in Himatsubushi-hen. In that chapter she stays in the hospital while she is pregnant, and, after praying for her husband's safety while he is in Hinamizawa, falls down the stairs and dies, while her child, Miyuki, survives. In the Minagoroshi-hen and Matsuribayashi-hen chapters however, it is revealed in these alternate timelines that Mamoru returned early after heeding Rika's warning, thus preventing her death.